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Deschutes County approves one assistant planner FTE for Community Development
Summary
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted to add one full-time assistant planner position to Community Development to preserve institutional knowledge and address rising current-planning workloads after staff said retirements and recent leaves have strained capacity.
Deschutes County commissioners on Aug. 6 voted to add one full‑time equivalent assistant planner position to the Community Development Department to shore up permitting and counter services as staff prepare for a key retirement.
Community Development Director Peter Gutowski told the board the department is preparing for an employee retirement in about 17 months and that an assistant planner would provide “bandwidth” for basic responsibilities such as staffing the counter, coordinating pre‑application meetings, answering customer questions and routing basic land‑use applications. Planning Manager Will Groves told commissioners the county has been operating lean since layoffs during prior budget…
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